Fences Fences 5.8.0.3 for Windows

by Stardock Corp.

Avg. Rating 4.4 (68 votes)

File Details

File Size 16.2 MB
License Shareware, $9.99
Operating System Windows 7/8/10
Date Added
Total Downloads 6,953
Publisher Stardock Corp.
Homepage Fences

Publisher's Description

Fences is a one-of-a-kind program, allowing you to draw labeled shaded areas on your desktop, which become movable & resizable containers for your desktop icons. These groups can help bring organization and consistency to your computer's desktop, solving the "constant mess" problem that has plagued the desktop since its inception.

Latest Reviews

humbleuser

humbleuser reviewed v3.0 on May 22, 2016

Please list it as shareware, not freeware.

e.Myrcom

e.Myrcom reviewed v2.13 on Dec 21, 2014

Fences saves the day when it comes to keeping any kind of orderly desktop and having some control over how it behaves. One of my favorite features is being able to hide any amount of it and keep only what I want showing so I can actually see and enjoy my wallpaper. If the price is an issue for you, get on the mailing list and hang on until they put it on sale again, then grab it. Stardock makes several windows-taming programs that have more than paid for themselves in ease of use & pure aesthetics over the years.

DKDude

DKDude reviewed v2.13 on Jun 27, 2014

I have used Fences since it was introduced, it's brilliant and I could not see myself not using it, it's a must have.

Other tools from Stardoc I could not live without is ModernMix, ObjectDock and Start8, if you are using windows 8, go and get them your won't regret it.

Music4Ever

Music4Ever reviewed v2.12 on Dec 6, 2013

@mizkitty - Sorry you can only afford $4 - (you thought of getting gainful employment?) It's worth the asking price.

shrink57

shrink57 reviewed v2.12 on Dec 6, 2013

Been using Fences for a while and it has tamed my cluttered desktop. Combined with Start8 makes using Windows 8.0 and 8.1 a pleasure.

Betanoob

Betanoob reviewed v2.1 on Apr 8, 2013

GTFO! It is worth 10 dollars! If that is too much for you, consider getting higher paying job than Walmart.

mizkitty

mizkitty reviewed v2.0.1 on Nov 13, 2012

This is $10...not free. Have to take the freeware labels with a grain of salt these days.

Worth it if you buy the Stardock packages all together but not on it's own...

Neat product though...might pay $4 tops (lifetime updates).

Flemens

Flemens reviewed v2.0 on Oct 10, 2012

I have been looking for years for this kind of stuff and suddenly a month ago I stumbled on Fences. Just perfect form me. Works fine on Windows 8 64 bit too!

tickleonthetum

tickleonthetum reviewed v2.0 on Oct 10, 2012

This should be listed as commercial demo IT IS NOT FREE!!

Fences 1 was free and does a great job, but it's not worth spending money on it. especially as something similar should have been built into windows to begin with!

I will be sticking with version 1

pjb

pjb reviewed v2.0 on Oct 10, 2012

I have to agree V2 is worth the money. A lot nicer over V1.
V2 of Fences and Start8 are 2 great products made by Stardock.

Avg. Rating 4.4 (68 votes)
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humbleuser

humbleuser reviewed v3.0 on May 22, 2016

Please list it as shareware, not freeware.

e.Myrcom

e.Myrcom reviewed v2.13 on Dec 21, 2014

Fences saves the day when it comes to keeping any kind of orderly desktop and having some control over how it behaves. One of my favorite features is being able to hide any amount of it and keep only what I want showing so I can actually see and enjoy my wallpaper. If the price is an issue for you, get on the mailing list and hang on until they put it on sale again, then grab it. Stardock makes several windows-taming programs that have more than paid for themselves in ease of use & pure aesthetics over the years.

DKDude

DKDude reviewed v2.13 on Jun 27, 2014

I have used Fences since it was introduced, it's brilliant and I could not see myself not using it, it's a must have.

Other tools from Stardoc I could not live without is ModernMix, ObjectDock and Start8, if you are using windows 8, go and get them your won't regret it.

Music4Ever

Music4Ever reviewed v2.12 on Dec 6, 2013

@mizkitty - Sorry you can only afford $4 - (you thought of getting gainful employment?) It's worth the asking price.

shrink57

shrink57 reviewed v2.12 on Dec 6, 2013

Been using Fences for a while and it has tamed my cluttered desktop. Combined with Start8 makes using Windows 8.0 and 8.1 a pleasure.

Betanoob

Betanoob reviewed v2.1 on Apr 8, 2013

GTFO! It is worth 10 dollars! If that is too much for you, consider getting higher paying job than Walmart.

mizkitty

mizkitty reviewed v2.0.1 on Nov 13, 2012

This is $10...not free. Have to take the freeware labels with a grain of salt these days.

Worth it if you buy the Stardock packages all together but not on it's own...

Neat product though...might pay $4 tops (lifetime updates).

Flemens

Flemens reviewed v2.0 on Oct 10, 2012

I have been looking for years for this kind of stuff and suddenly a month ago I stumbled on Fences. Just perfect form me. Works fine on Windows 8 64 bit too!

tickleonthetum

tickleonthetum reviewed v2.0 on Oct 10, 2012

This should be listed as commercial demo IT IS NOT FREE!!

Fences 1 was free and does a great job, but it's not worth spending money on it. especially as something similar should have been built into windows to begin with!

I will be sticking with version 1

pjb

pjb reviewed v2.0 on Oct 10, 2012

I have to agree V2 is worth the money. A lot nicer over V1.
V2 of Fences and Start8 are 2 great products made by Stardock.

Betanoob

Betanoob reviewed v2.0 on Oct 9, 2012

Oh hell yes! What a great update!
I had requested per fence coloring a long time ago. I think they may have already had the idea. But it is here now. OMFG is looks great!
Cost 6.99 to update from v1.x. Worth every penny!
Truely great American made software.

rj65

rj65 reviewed v2.0 on Oct 9, 2012

No longer free. Even the basic version now costs $9.99

anonymouscowturd

anonymouscowturd reviewed v1.01 on Jun 29, 2010

I thought this would be crap. After all it's just transparent folders on your desktop right? Well kind of. But not quite.
I was *really* surprised how well this worked. I might even shell out for the Pro version, though the basic version is perfectly adequate.

@guru_v, What stunning futuristic OS are you using then? You can't do this with a standard Linux install. So i'm guessing you're so awesome you've written your own shell or your own OS? If so, why don't you open source it and we can all have a laugh.

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